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Once Upon A Twice
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Denise Doyen
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From SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, August 2009 “This wonderful book is a marvelous read-aloud that children will want to hear again and again.” *Starred Review K-Gr 3 – Doyen’s utterly sound and alive story is paired withthe perfect illustrator, whose deft touch provides all the eeriness that it begs for. The cautionary tale begins with the “eldermice” telling the youngsters who are gathered to play in the night air that the woods and ponds are filled withcreatures dangerous to their kind. With gloriously nonsensical words and phrases (e.g., “scritchscrambles”), the author manages to get the point across that there is much to fear in the night. Jam Boy doesn’t listen and instead brags that he is unafraid, and he stays to play alone by the pond. Here the language grows taut withsuspense, and Moser’s dark backdrop is punctuated with fireflies. “Half-submerged, a slender queen/Esses ’cross the pond unseen,/Sly serpentine–bound not to miss….” Out of nowhere a snake roils, coils, and lashes. Splash! What has happened to Jam Boy? Children will be sitting on the edge of their seats awaiting some news about their fallen protagonist. Despite the dark feel, there is much to rejoice about in learning of Jam Boy’s fate. Ultimately a story of youthful arrogance–or as Doyen calls it, “furry overconfidence”–versus the elders’ wise experience, this wonderful book is a marvelous read-aloud that children will want to hear again and again. It is too good to save for Halloween.–Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
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Once Upon A Twice
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Denise Doyen
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, August 29, 2009
From KIRKUS REVIEWS, July 15, 2009 “Undeniably arrayed in a gorgeous brocade, woven of fresh, inventive wordplay and masterful illustrations.” *Starred Review A foolish mouse is prone to jamming up the line of fellow night-foragers to smell a rose and wandering off to watch a beetle. After nearly becoming a snake’s dinner, “Jam” lives on to lecture mouslings on the dangers of moonlit meanders. The lushness here is in Doyen’s “Jabberwocky”-inspired verse, delivered chiefly in rhyming four-line stanzas. “ ‘Beware the dangershine of Moon, / Do not disturb the bugs of June!’ / The elder mouncelors whispercroon / A tune that tells Jam what to fear…” The scansion’s near perfect, and deliciously inventive words (riskarascal, jaw-claws, furlickt) invite repeat read-alouds. Moser’s fulsome full-bleed pictures employ a palette of midnight blue, inky charcoal, grayed greens and luminescent ochres. Jagged stalks silhouette ominously against a fat, full moon that picks out detail in a cluster of white roses and the reptilian gleam of a snake’s scales. In a particularly effective spread, pairs of eyes, anonymously aglow, peer at prey from near-pitch darkness. This slight cautionary tale is undeniably arrayed in a gorgeous brocade, woven of fresh, inventive wordplay and masterful illustrations. (Picture book. 4-7)
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